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sxi-kid
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12th Aug 08 at 16:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i hear a humming noise from my back left wheel when i do roughly over 40mph, people have told me wheel bearings but i had a bit of a knock over the weekend and the passenger side hit the kerb doing about 30 sideways which poppped or knocked the back tyre off the rim any ideas what it could be ?? cheers
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12th Aug 08 at 16:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Bent stub axle?


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sxi-kid
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12th Aug 08 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

hopning not lol i forgot to mention i have my spare wheel on which is 13" when i have 15s on the rest it looks on the arch becuase of the weight distrubution could it be the tread on the spare possibly?
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TTT
darkgazza
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u do know its illegal to have 2 diff wheel sizes on 1 axle? its ok to have 15's on the front or back and 13's on the front or back
Steve X16XE
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Not true. It'll fail an MOT. It is not illegal to drive on the road though. Think about space savers or most cars spare wheels. They are smaller than the standard wheel.

 
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